Robert Henry Mooney (1873-1953)

Farmer, MLA (1923-1927), MLA (1927-1932), MLA (1933-1936), MLA (1937-1940), MLA (1941-1945), MLA (1946-1949), MLA (1950-1953).

Born on 10 August 1873, at Wingham, Ontario, son of Alexander Mooney and Susan Orr, he was educated at Virden, Manitoba. He taught school there for three years, and farmed. On 4 April 1901, he married Margaret Kirk, daughter of George Kirk of Kenora, Ontario. He taught school for three years. He served as a Councillor of the Rural Municipality of Pipestone from 1911 to 1922. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in the 1922 general election. Methodist. Progressive. Address: Woodworth, Manitoba.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1925.

“Under The Golden Boy, Manitoba’s M.L.A.s” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 March 1943. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 126]

Profile revised: 31 January 2009

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